1/12 Today’s announcement from @diversebooks is part of a critical conversation about identity and representation. diversebooks.org/why-we-need-di…
2/12 #ownvoices has been a powerful movement to raise awareness about the importance of authors being able to tell their own stories. It has called for publishers to recognize this importance and to be more inclusive.
3/12 It spotlights the ways authors who share the same identities of the characters/people they’re writing about often do this with a level of nuance and care that does not happen otherwise.
4/12 When important words, frameworks, and movements become catch-all phrases the message is manipulated. What was at its core originally can be lost.
5/12 Culturally relevant has always had race at the center. And there are consistent attempts to remove race from this pedagogy.
6/12 #ownvoices is being used as a marketing ploy by many.
7/12 And the word ‘diverse’ is ripe with problematic issues. Used by many to mean ‘not White.’ Positioning White as the default.
8/12 Recently a student asked me and @JasonReynolds83 : How do we move beyond representation to liberation?
9/12 Reading today’s announcement from @diversebooks made me think about this young person’s brilliant question. And also: How can communities who’ve been marginalized spotlight the collective struggle among groups of people without sacrificing our distinct, rich identities?
10/12 How do we continue to call attention to structural and systemic racism without minimizing our individual and group identities and lived-experiences?
11/12 In what ways can we continue to work collectively to truly get free?
12/12 Tagging some powerful thought-partners. Please tag others @triciaebarvia @TchKimPossible @DenaSimmons @juliaerin80 @nenagerman @colleen_cruz @ericabrivera @quiche36 @arcticisleteach @tianasilvas @AnnaOz249 @RuizSealey @GholdyM @Ebonyteach @sheathescholar @minfucious
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